Strong Poison Lord Peter Wimsey

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these classic BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L Sayers' Golden Age crime novels.Show more

Gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey starred in a number of novels and short stories by Dorothy L Sayers. These full-cast adaptations – first broadcast on BBC radio between 1979 and 2010 – are cherished by crime aficionados worldwide.

Episode 1
Old Bailey
Lord Peter Wimsey attends the trial of Harriet Vane, a young mystery writer accused of poisoning her former lover with arsenic.

The evidence against her seems overwhelming, but the shrewd, debonair sleuth harbours doubts over her guilt.

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.

British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey created by Dorothy L. Sayers.

Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.

Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.

From the book first published in 1930 and dramatised in six parts by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Anne Bell
Judge …. Carleton Hobbs
Dowager Duchess …. Charlotte Mitchell
Attorney-General …. Stephen Thorne
Sir Impey Biggs …. Robert Gillespie
Sir James Lubbock …. Garard Green
Freddy Arbuthnot …. Christopher Scoular
Hannah Westlock …. Christine Ozanne
Foreman of the Jury …. Clifford Norgate

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.

Episode 2 29:35
Ten Minutes in Bloomsbury
The upper-crust sleuth enlists some inside help to try and clear authoress Harriet Vane of murder.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Anne Bell
Miss Climpson …. Ambrosine Phillpotts
Chief Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Wolf
Marjorie Phelps …. Rosalind Adams
Ryland Vaughan …. Christopher Bidmeed
Nina Kropotky …. Margaret Robertson

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.

Episode 3 59:03
Norman Urquhart
The upper crust sleuth ponders a changed will, and whether Harriet Vane's lover took his own life?
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Chief Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Norman Urquhart …. John Pullen
Hannah Westlock …. Christine Ozanne
Mrs Bullfinch …. Frances Jeater
Pond …. Peter Woodthorpe
Mrs Pettican …. Anne Jameson

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.

Episode 4 1:28:22
Miss Murchison
Christmas interrupts Lord Peter Wimsey's investigation, but some suspicious powder isn't what it seems...

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Dowager Duchess …. Charlotte Mitchell
Chief Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Miss Murchison …. Betty Huntley-Wright
Lady Mary Wimsey …. Maria Aitken
Freddy Arbuthnot …. Christopher Scoular
Mrs 'Freak' Dimsworthy …. Margaret Guess
Bill Rumm/Captain Tommy Bates/Pond …. Peter Woodthorpe

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976.

Episode 5 1:57:38
Pongo
Lord Peter Wimsey's trail goes cold, until a stolen will brings fresh enlightenment.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Freddy Arbuthnot …. Christopher Scoular
Miss Climpson …. Ambrosine Phillpotts
Nurse Booth …. Joan Hickson

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976.

Episode 6 2:27:18
Turkish Delight
Can Lord Peter Wimsey finally clear Harriet Vane's name and persuade her to take his?

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Harriet Vane …. Anne Bell
Chief Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Miss Murchison …. Betty Huntley-Wright
Freddy Arbuthnot …. Christopher Scoular
Norman Urquhart …. John Pullen
Attorney-General/Gerald, Duke of Denver …. Stephen Thorne
Sir Impey Biggs …. Robert Gillespie
Marjorie Phelps …. Rosalind Adams

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976.

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